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[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

NYC still has a ton of money in politics. NYC still uses first past the post for its general election of their mayor.

Systemically, there are parallels to the rest of the country. The same shit could happen at the national levels.

Its a deeply flawed democracy, with mechanisms to strengthen land owning and wealthy. But it still holds real democratic potential